Lately, I've been thinking that as an Indian, it's a matter of pride that the CEOs of many big giant companies are Indian. However, I'm concerned that they might bring a 'employees are slaves' culture to these companies, similar to Narayan Murthy. While Indians are hardworking, those Western CEOs often focus more on work-life balance. I wish Indians wouldn't lead these big companies.
When people are not sure if their job is long term or not, then this happens. They can’t take decisions based on they will be doing this job and get money consistently.
Layoffs are the main reason for above recently.
Totally agree on this. I do think this attitude comes out when they are desperate to prove that they are good. As a part of management their focus will always be on profits., coupled with this mentality they end up screwing a lot of people.
Bad times call for bad culture. Especially if driven by investors
Atleast not in the form it is now. Found a rare good post on LinkedIn via Twitter which lists the reason why i think so. Also, I was reading psychology of money and one of the chapters discussed how GE used to be the most valued company ...
Many other xooglers raised these leadership issues earlier. Meanwhile, tier2/3 kids are burning midnight oil to lan...
Hello Grapeviners
So I guess I hit the mid-life career crisis and finally resigned from Microsoft abruptly yesterday.
Reasons for resignation:
Half of me wanna yell at you for being stupid, but other half tells me you know better about appreciation and promo t...
18 years in the same company. Company grew, my boss became a millionaire. I was still stuck making pittance, no company shares, no stock options. It was almost like I was taken for granted. Last straw came when I was handed an envelope a...
